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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1906
Page
3
Describes alleged massacres in a Polish town with claims that 200 Israelites were slain and soldiers fired on crowds. Reports cite brutal police and military actions, arrests, censorship, and calls to deliver up leaders while authorities refuse to halt violence.
Dispatches report home and bombardment resumed near Siedice amid Greomnie demands for Jewish and Polish residents to surrender members of a Jewish defense group. Reports detail arson, killings, looting, and widespread destruction as soldiers clashed with civilians, with authorities limiting information from the stricken towns and surrounding areas.
RISTS CONTINUE AT WORK Maxothrowing and Other Deviltry Done at Warsaw. A deadly wave of attacks across Warsaw provoked police and soldiers into a citywide response. An official report notes a policeman killed and another wounded as attackers struck at docks, factories, and a restaurant, with troops retaliating and many assailants killed or wounded.
In Riga on Sept 11 revolutionists who fired on a patrol were tried by drumhead court martial and executed. Earlier clashes left eleven wounded. in the Jewish quarter civilians suffered twenty wounded, six seriously. Bombs harmed rural guards as two blasts struck a patrol in a village.
At Sagamore Hill Governor Frank W. Higgins said he had a pleasant visit with President Theodore Roosevelt and that they are in full accord. Roosevelt offered no comment on the conference, and Higgins refused to confirm whether he holds a majority of Republican delegates or disclose any details of their talks.
William J Bryan arrived in St Louis at 7 a m and spent the day meeting Missouri politicians and touring the city. He will deliver an address at the Coliseum at 8 p m and attend a luncheon with prominent Democrats at the Hotel Jefferson. The Coliseum seats 10 000 and was filled at the last national convention.
Fifty members of the Metropolitan Opera chorus arrived on the steamer La Bre tangue. They may be sent to Ellis Island to prove they are not contract laborers. Theatrical agent John J. Barry fled a complaint with the department of commerce and labor and with immigration authorities.
In Wauona ca Wisconsin on September 11 a Wisconsin Central train wreck caused by the locomotive and tender leaving the track left Engineer Armstrong and Fireman McDonald dead and Roadmaster Lymuns Conductor Pettingill and five other men severely injured.
A heavier blast in Adams No 4 mining pit at Eivelth Minn traps and kills Austrian John Michaelich and Italian Tony Fonare. Fellow workers Oscar Ane and Gus Lauma are injured.
A Rock Island street accident at Fate Point killed Lafayette Sylvester and Joseph Week. Sylvester died before his home as his wife and children witnessed the tragedy. The incident occurred near their residence in Muscntine, Ti. on September 1h.
Baseball scores from Chicago show league games with Boston 6 over New York 4, Brooklyn 1 over Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2 over Washington, New York 4 over Boston, Detroit 2 over Chicago 1. Association games include Columbus 2 over Louisville 1, Indianapolis 2 over Toledo 1, Minneapolis 1 over St Paul 0, Milwaukee 3 over Kansas City 0, and Western Denver 5 over Lincoln 2 with Pueblo Omaha tied 10 in ten innings.
The new railroad rate law shifts control to the Interstate Commerce Commission over 297000 miles and 1.3 million workers. George F Baer rail executive defends readings of the charter while coal operators led by Baer are nicknamed Divine Right Baer for their stance on property rights and profits.
The Cleveland Leader recalls Alfred J. Stofer known as Major Stofer a Washington figure who boasted he earned his title by killing Yankees in the Civil War though he admits he never served as a soldier. He says he killed them by indigestion selling apple pies in Culpeper Virginia during those times.
Reports from across the sea say William Waldorf Astor will soon be given a title by the English crown. A baronetcy is expected to prefix his name, while his son John Jacob Astor may receive a lieutenantcy for gallantly rescuing a drowning trooper in the Thames at Windsor. The king’s praise signals a possible shift in his stance toward the Astors.
Ose the best oil perfect price eight cents per gallon offered by The Cash Grocers at 119 Stephenson Street. Bargain listed under Burrell Leros and advertised as a limited-time offer with low price per gallon for customers.
Land is the only safe investment there is in this country. Canadian lands are the best of all. If you wish to go to Canada go with William Clement, the man who made Canada famous in this part of the country. Will take prospective land buyers up every Tuesday.
A man pursues Bird as she flees with Childreth. Don, the horse, defends Bird by throwing the attacker, Gordon Churchill, from his saddle and killing him. Bird saves Childreth, aids his recovery, and proposes marriage to seal their bond as witnesses rally at dawn.
For sale a residence at 235 N Galena Ave with modern conveniences steam heat bath rooms city water sewer and gas plus a barn. Everything in first class condition. Seller will consider part or whole lot. Grand bargain if taken at once inquire Geo J Dehn 412dtf 44 Stephenson St.
A request for funeral rites for Rev Pautet Millmay Compton, 58 years rector of Mappleton, led to a plain oak coffin covered with primroses. His body traveled by farmer’s wagon nine miles to a railway, followed by villagers. A special train carried the coffin to Romsey and then to Minsted, Compton family seat, where the service concluded. The note adds that coal first appeared in records about 3 years before the Christian era, with Europe using coal as fuel by 852.
North-Western line offers excursion round trips at one regular use class fare from stations Rept. 8 to 14, inclusive, with favorable return limits for National Baptist Convention. Three fast trains to California daily including The Overland Limited electric lighted with drawing-room and tourist cars via Salt Lake Route to Los Angeles and The China & Japan Fast Mail. Inquiries to Chicago & North-Western R'y agents.
The Daily Journal announces city wide delivery available at 10 cents per week.
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